Chinese hackers have targeted US election infrastructure, the White House national security adviser warned Sunday. “They want to see the president lose,” Robert O’Brien told CBS News’ Face The Nation. “China – like Russia, like Iran – they’ve been dealing with cyberattacks and phishing and that sort of thing with …
Read More »More than 1,000 Twitter employees had access to hacked accounts
More than 1,000 Twitter employees had access to tools that allowed hackers to gain access to the accounts of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and others during a massive security breach last week. The attack, which Twitter said over the weekend was possible when the attackers “manipulated a small …
Read More »Minnesota’s largest candy store fires worker after offensive Facebook posts
Minnesota’s largest candy store, Facebook UPDATE 1:15 PM Minnesota’s largest candy store says it fired an employee after a series of offensive messages were sent from her Facebook account. Owner Robert Wagner told KARE 11 that the store initially thought the account had been hacked by a non-employee, but later …
Read More »Twitter hacking targeted 130 accounts, company says
Hackers attacked around 130 Twitter accounts in their unprecedented attack on some of the platform’s most visible users this week, the company revealed. The attackers were only able to take over a “small subset” of the targeted accounts, including those of Apple, Uber, Kanye West and Elon Musk, which used …
Read More »Trump confirms he ordered cyber attack on Russian trolls during midterm elections
Donald Trump has acknowledged that he ordered a clandestine military cyber attack on Russian trolls in 2018 to disrupt his internet access during the midterm elections. Asked by Marc Thiessen, columnist for The Washington PostIf he had authorized the operation, Trump said, “Correct,” according to an article published on Friday. …
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